Sunday, January 28, 2007

Scientifically Proven Blog

Toilets are important to airlines!Reuters: “…’Some people put anything down there: towels, spoons, glasses, diapers. They behave as if they were at home," said Frank Dohrmann, head of design support and cabin testing at Airbus's main German plant.…“To handle the waste produced by up to 800 passengers, Airbus designed plumbing capable of pumping sewage along the 60-metre length of an A380 in about two seconds….

“That equates to more than 100-kph (60-mph), which could be a sanitary speed record.”

Cream with that?ABC:“British officials say police have cracked the murder-by-poison case of former spy Alexander Litvinenko, including the discovery of a ‘hot’ teapot at London's Millennium Hotel with an off-the-charts reading for Polonium-210, the radioactive material used in the killing.”

Headline of the week: Never give an iguana ViagraReuters: “Mozart, an iguana with an erection that has lasted for over a week, will have his penis amputated in the next couple of days.”

Whack him in the head. He’ll quit all right.NYT: “Scientists studying stroke patients are reporting today that an injury to a specific part of the brain, near the ear, can instantly and permanently break a smoking habit. People with the injury who stopped smoking found that their bodies, as one man put it, ‘forgot the urge to smoke.’”

More science with that?AP: “…Doctor Robert Bohannon, a Durham, North Carolina, molecular scientist, has …developed a way to add caffeine to baked goods, without the bitter taste of caffeine. Each piece of pastry is the equivalent of about two cups of coffee.”